Process of making fence fabrics.



No. 698,337. Patented Apr. 22, |9d2. J. m. STUCKER.

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P oc' zsspF MAKING FENCE FABRICS.

.S PEQIFIQQTIQINfforming part of Letters rep nt no. 698,337, dated April aalooa.

' Application filed November 6,1901.

To all whom "it may concern:

' citizen of the'United States; residing at Law- FIS site directions.

rence, in the county ofDouglas and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Process of Making ,F enceFahrics, of which the.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in the process ofmaking wire fence or other similar fabrics embodyingja series of predetermined intervals, andparticularly to" 'the formation between' such wires of interlocking-loops arrangedpalternately in 'op'pon A counterbracing effect is. thus produced in which the strains are so counterbalanced as toprevent anyiirreg u larity of mesh.

, In the accompanying 'drawings,'Figure 1 is ;an elevation of a portion of the fence-wires assembled'in position prior to the longitudinal" strain which results in the formation of interlocking'kinks from the several loops. Fig. 2 is a similar View of. a portion of thecompleted fence fabric. Figs. 3 and at are respectively a plan view and elevation showing the ar-I rangement of the loops on thelongitudinal wires. Fig. 5 is a detail'perspectiveview of a portion-of one of the longitudinal and one of the vertical wires, showing a loop in the former. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the two wires shown in Fig.- 5 illustrating the interlocking kink formed between the wires by the exertion of a strain on the longitudinal wire. Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional elevation on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The fabric when used for fencing will com-.

prise as essential elements opposite selvagewires 1 and 2 of the twisted or cable variety, a plurality of longitudinally-extending wires which may be arranged at the same or at yarying distances apart,-and a series of intersecting vertically-disposed or picket wires 4, which are :interlocked at regular intervals with the longitudinal wires The longitudinal wires 3 are provided with a series ofsliploops 5, arranged alternately in opposite directions with the loops all on one side of the Serial No; 81,350? (No specimensg) the wire between the loops beingsubsequently and in some fabric produ'cti-on'sthey may be .the passage of smallaninials. "When the lonwires, aredisposed inlparallel relation, the

vertical plane of the wire 'andjthe portions of slip-loops 5 are in transverse or vertical alinef .are thenthreaded through saidloops in a said transverse or picket wires being. after manner.. All of the longitudinal or warp wires 8, as well as the selvage-wires, are secured at Figs. 2 and 6, which is substantially in'the ing bar or member 6, as clearly shown in Fig.

in a similar manner, but in an opposite directerlocked.

4 that the loops 5 are arranged alternately in opposite directions with the loops all on one said loops being so arranged that the connecting-wire between adjacent loops and the above both loops or belowboth' loops.

It will be seen that the transverse or picket wires are so bent as to form oppositely-in one extremity, anda pulling strain or tension I is then equally exerted'on all of the longitudianal Wires. This strain or tension is applied lengthwise or longitudinally of the wires 3 in a regular manner and the slip-loops 5 disappear, and the portion of the wire of'which the .loopis'composed primarily turns as the loop disappears and assumes the shape shown in 5v form of the letter Z, with a vertical connect- 1' side of the vertical planeof thewire and the portions of the wire between the'loops rang: h ing alternately in different horizontal planes, I

subsequently-formed kinks will be either.

ment,.and the transverse or picket wiresz' l" 1 straight condition, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4,

ward secured at their opposite extremities to the margin or selvage wires in anysultable h 11 6, and passes around the'adjacent portions of h Q the transverse or picket wire 4, which'is bent tion, the kinks so formed becoming firmly'in- It will be noted on reference to Figs. 3 and clined portions due to the formation of the loops alternately in opposite directions and the subsequent pulling strain, which results in the formation of the loops into kinks. The relative positions of the alternate kinks in the transverse and longitudinal Wires lends a hinged elasticity to the panel of fence, therebyenabling the erection of the same over irregular surfaces of the ground and at the same time preserving uniformity of appearance of the mesh. As the loops and kinks are arranged alternately in opposite directions, there is a connterbracing eifect produced, alternate picket-wires being inclined to precisely the same extent in opposite directions, while the longitudinal wires are arranged between alternate picket-Wires in different horizontal planes. This results in the formation of a fence in which the strain is so counterbalanced as to prevent any tendency to irregularity of mesh, and as there is no tendency of the wires to move under ihe strain exerted constantly in the same direclion the fencing may be readily manufactured in a factory and will not become distorted when being placed in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The herein-described process of making fencefabries, said process consisting in first forming longitudinal warp-wires with sliploops arranged alternately in opposite directions, with the loops all on one side of the 

